• Sibbo@sopuli.xyz
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    9 months ago

    The article gives a really nice perspective on how morally questionable this is.

    The company gets cheap, Finnish-speaking workers, while the prison system can offer inmates employment that, [the company] says, prepares them for the digital world of work after their release.

    Yeah sure, doing more data labelling? I highly doubt data labelling gives anyone any skill besides date labelling. Luckily this article doesn’t just accept the statement of the company, but questions it very critically.

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      9 months ago

      Hey, that’s not fair. What if there’s a boom in companies that need to know if it’s a hot dog or not in the next 10 years?

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      9 months ago

      It’s a bullshit sales speech but it doesn’t sound morally questionable to me. It’s little pay and mindnumbing work for sure, but also you volunteer for it so, eh, seems fine